title: A pigmented optic disc.
abstract: This report describes the case of a 48-year-old white woman who was found to have an entirely pigmented optic disc in an otherwise normal eye. Pigmentation of the optic disc is an uncommon finding. The possible explanations of this physiologic variant are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thung
authors.forename: Rod
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Foroozan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D010860:Pigments, Biological